November's News is Weighty!

Fall's on our plates now, bringing the holidays we love. This time of year lends itself well to developing your child's language and skills for better understanding what weight's all about.

Here's how you can help develop the concept of measuring weight.

Talk about how weight is measured: with scales, in pounds and ounces. Show your child where food items tell their weight on each package, box or can.  Have them line up several items from heaviest to lightest.

Having turkey or ham for Thanksgiving? Many people purchase a weighty piece of meat to share with family and friends.  Let your child hold the packaged turkey or ham and guess its weight. Then, set them on the look-out for something that weighs about the same, weighs less and weighs more.

Don't forget the bathroom scale! Have your child study it to see how the numbers progress.  Ask them to tell you the numbers they see. Can they find something that weighs about 10 pounds, 20 pounds? How much do they weigh? What can they think of that weighs about the same?

Please send me notes sharing your child's discoveries about weight. I will be sure to give each one an opportunity to "teach" their peers all about it!